2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres

Athletic indoor championship The Men's 400 metres event at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJohan WissmanClaudio LicciardelloIoan Vieru Results Heats First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Johan Wissman 46.49 Q 2 1 Clemens Zeller 46.61 Q 3 5 Jan Ciepiela 46.72 Q, PB 4 5 Claudio Licciardello 46.72 Q 5 3 Ioan Vieru 46.99 Q 6 3 Richard Buck Great Britain 47.04 Q 7 4 David Gillick 47.10 Q 8 2 Matteo Galvan 47.18 Q 9 2 Nick Leavey Great Britain 47.19 Q 10 2 Yoan Décimus 47.22 q 11 1 Piotr Klimczak 47.24 q 12 3 Stanislav Melnykov 47.24 13 4 Yannick Fonsat 47.28 Q 14 5 Vladimir Krasnov 47.31 15 2 Santiago Ezquerro 47.45 16 5 Jussi Heikkilä 47.53 SB 17 4 Jacob Riis 47.54 PB 18 3 Mark Ujakpor 47.59 19 1 Visa Hongisto 47.70 NJR 20 3 Peter Žnava 47.85 21 5 Serdar Tamaç 47.94 22 1 Andreas Bube 48.02 23 4 Petr Szetei 48.03 24 2 Ali Ekber Kayas 48.65 25 1 Catalin Cîmpeanu 48.66 26 2 Nicklas Hyde 49.30 99 4 Antonio Manuel Reina 99.99 DNF Semifinals First 3 of each semifinals qualified directly (Q) for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Claudio Licciardello 46.31 Q 2 1 Johan Wissman 46.38 Q 3 1 Ioan Vieru 46.61 Q 4 1 Richard Buck Great Britain 46.76 Q 5 2 Clemens Zeller 46.84 Q 6 2 Matteo Galvan 47.45 Q 7 2 Jan Ciepiela 47.54 8 2 Yoan Décimus 47.78 9 1 Nick Leavey Great Britain 47.93 10 2 Yannick Fonsat 47.99 11 1 Piotr Klimczak 53.81 12 1 David Gillick 91.01 1:37.01 Final thumb|right|280px|Johan Wissman of Sweden won the gold medal. Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Johan Wissman 45.89 PB Claudio Licciardello 46.32 Ioan Vieru 46.54 SB 4 Clemens Zeller 46.62 5 Richard Buck Great Britain 46.94 6 Matteo Galvan 48.23 References Results Category:400 metres at the European Athletics Indoor Championships Category:Men's events at the 2009 European Athletics Indoor Championships